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GRS 230
SECRET
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 139
OF 161730Z JANUARY 87
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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SECRET
:
2011/2
CLEVED REGISTRY 1 9 JAN 1987
hakan
FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR ACTING GOVERNOR FROM HUM, HONG KONG DEPT
MY TELNO 117: 1987 REVIEW
1.
FURTHER TO PARA 3 OF TUR, I REALISE THAT YOU WILL WISH TO CONSULT EXCO ON OUR STRATEGY AT SOME STAGE. I SHOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE STRATEGY PAPER AND ANY FURTHER COMMENTS WHICH YOU SEND WITH SIR DAVID WILSON AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT
WEEK. THEN IT WILL BE READY FOR SUBMISSION.
2. RATHER THAN LOSE A WEEK AT OUR END, COULD I SUGGEST THAT
I WOULD PUT UP MINISTERS AND EXCO ARE CONSULTED IN PARALLEL?
THE STRATEGY PAPER, MAKING IT CLEAR THAT EXCO WERE BEING CONSULTED AND THAT THEIR VIEWS WOULD NEED TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN DUE COURSE. I IMAGINE YOU WOULD AIM TO CONSULT
EXCO AT THE MEETING ON 27 JANUARY.
3. THE PAPER LOOKS A LONG WAY AHEAD IN DISCUSSING POSSIBLE OUTCOMES TO THE 1987 REVIEW. IT OCCURS TO ME THAT YOU MIGHT FEEL THAT THIS ASPECT IS NOT YET RIPE FOR DISCUSSION WITH EXCO. YOU MIGHT POSSIBLY WISH TO ABBREVIATE THE PAPER, LEAVING DISCUSSION OF THAT ASPECT TO BE PURSUED WITH EXCO
IN SLOWER TIME.
HOWE.
OCMIAN
11049.
HONG KONG AGREEMENT:RESTRICTED
LIMITED
HD/HKD
COPIES TO:
MR FIFOOT
LEGAL ADVISERS
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HD/FED
RESEARCH DEPT (FE)
DEP/HD/PUSD
PS/MR RENTON
MR GILLMORE
MR WILSON
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